falce
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
falce (plural falces)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin falcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”). Compare French faux.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
falce f (plural falci)
- scythe (larger tool than sickle); sickle (smaller tool than scythe)
- war scythe, scythe
- (astronomy) crescent
Derived terms edit
- falcetto (“sickle”)
Related terms edit
- falciare (“to mow”)
Further reading edit
Latin edit
Noun edit
falce
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin falx, falcem (“sickle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”). Cf. Medieval Latin falcata. See also the related form falcă (“jaw”), which underwent further semantic evolution from the original etymology of "sickle" in Latin.
Noun edit
falce f (plural fălci)
- old unit of measurement (used in Moldova) in agriculture equivalent to about half a hectare, or an area of land that size